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The University of Maryland College Park,

January 26, 1987

News
Briefs

Edward Albee Will

Present Three Talks

Pulitzer-winning playwright Edward
Albee will speak to creative writing
and theater students during a visit to
UMCP Jan. 29. Albee will speak to
creative writing students at 1 1 sum,
in Taliaferro 1 104 and to theater
Students at 2 p.m. in Tawes 0241. He
will also take part in an open
meeting beginning at 3:30 p.m. in
the Katherine Anne Porter Room of
McKeldin Library. All three talks are
free and open to the public Albee
won Pulitzer prizes for his plays A
Dedicate Balance and Seascape. His
other works include Who's Afraid of
\ 'irginia Woolf and Zoo Stoty.

Kelleher Honored

Catherine Kelleher, School of Publ it-
Affairs, has been selected by the
Center for Defense Information as
one of ten U.S. women honored for
their outstanding records in military
and national security affairs'. CDI is a
Washington-based research group
headed by retired senior military of-
ficers. "The ten women were
selected on the basis of their exper-
tise in military technology and
strategy." said Gene R. La Rocque.
CDI director and retired navy Rear
Admiral. The awards are designed to
draw attention to the contribution of
women in the field of military-
policy.

ZIPing the Campus Mail

Faculty and staff who have cheeked
the I9S(i-S~ UMCP telephone direc-
tory to make sure their names are
spelled correctly may be surprised to
learn that they also have been assign-
ed a four digit zip code that iden-
tifies their campus building. The zip
code is a new service designed to
contribute to more efficient mail
handling and deliver}- at I IMCP. ( >n-
campus mail may now be sent by
listing the addressee's name, depart-
ment and four digit zip code.

Inside

Paterson 's Book. . 2

Nobel Winner Lectures.. .2
Young Investigators...,.., $
Athletic Director Search.. 3

Two Week Calendar. 4

Faculty Art Show... ,...5

Mozart Cetebra Hon 5

Orientation Made Easy... 6

Dave John 's Budget 7

Point of View ....8

News American Library and
Morgue Presented to UMCP

Two photos from the News American collection: (left)
of newsboys appearing In the newspaper, August 20,

When any newspaper dies, it is a sad
day for American journalism. But it is
especially tragic when a newspaper
such as the Baltimore News American
ceases to exist. A venerable Baltimore
institution, the newspaper's
predecessors dated back over two
hundred years to the Journal and
Baltimore Advertiser which was
published for the first time on Aug.
20. 1773.

The News American closed its
doors on May 2". 1986, But seven
months later an event occurred
which will keep the newspaper alive
in a different way.

On December! 1. 1986 the Hearst
Corporation presented a gift to The
University of Maryland College Park
in the form of a major collection
donated to the UMCP Libraries. The
gift, one of the largest the Libraries
have ever received, is the entire con-
tents of the library and morgue of
the former Bald more News American.

All that remained of The American building after the "Big Baltimore Firs" of Feb. 7 18, 1904. (right) Photo
1928.

a gift of material occupying over
4,000 square feet. Included are an
estimated 2,929,200 newspaper clip-
pings, 1,066,400 original photographs
and negatives, about 3,000 bound
volumes of newspapers dating back
to the 1870s, microfilms of
newspapers published from 1903 to
1920 and from 1940 to 1986, 2 SO
original filing cabinets in which all
the material is contained, an assort-
ment of miscellaneous books.
Baltimore City directories, plaques,
awards and pain tings—and perhaps
most unusual of all, the original 1 5
foot aluminium eagle which adorned
the News American building and
which was displayed in the masthead
of the paper itself.

In accepting the gift. Director of
Libraries H. Joanne Harrar said, "The
News American collection is a rich
treasure trove reflecting centuries of
life in Maryland arid in the nation. It
will be an invaluable resource for

students and historians in many
fields. With the gift, the Hearst
organization has assured that the
spirit of a newspaper of great
historical importance will be kept
alive, benefiting generations to

1 Mill.'

Harrar and Journalism Dean Reese
Cleghorn announced jointly that the
News American collection will form
the foundation of a new Journalism
Library which will be located in the
seven story wing to be added to
McKeldin Library.

"This priceless collection will be a
kind of 'historical anchor' for the
new Journalism Library, and we
hope that the collection will be
housed in a distinct area of the new-
wing,'' said Cleghorn. "The new
library will pull together hooks,
periodicals and manuscripts related to
journalism and mass communication

continued on page 3

Three UMCP Faculty Win
Science Research Awards

Three UMCP assistant professors have
been selected by the National Science
Foundation (NSF) to receive
prestigious five-year research grants.

Drs. Eyad H. Ahed and Nariman
Farvardin of the Electrical Engineer-
ing Department, and Dr. Devarajan
Thirumalai of the Chemistry Depart-
ment, have been named Presidential
Young Investigators for 198" by the
NSF. They bring to 13 the number
of LiMCP faculty who have earned
this honor since it was established in
1984.

Each year, the MSP sponsors 200
Young Investigator awards to fund

scientific research by promising col-
lege professors who are beginning
their careers. The awards arc worth
as much as $100,000 per year for
five years in federal and private
funds. The NSF provides an annual
base grant of f 25,000, and matches
up to S37,SOO per year of gifts from
industry.

"The good thing about this grant."
Farvardin says, "is that you can work
on basically anything you want.
There are no strings attached."

Farvardin, who came to UMCP in
January 1984 after earning a Ph.D.
from the Rensselaer Polytechnic In-

stitute, expects to use his grant to
conduct research on data-
compression schemes. The purpose
of these schemes is to eliminate
redundancy in data transmission,
thereby allowing information to be
sent more economically.

There are many practical applica-
tions of data-compression schemes,
Farvardin says, and this should make
it easy for him to obtain private fun-
ding. The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, for example,
might he interested in a data-

continued on page 3

Outlook

January 26, 1987

Physics Alumnus

Endows New Professorship

A new professorship in physics and
engineering has been established at
UMCP through the generosity of a
graduate of the University's physics
department.

Alford L. Ward, who earned his
Ph.D, degree in physics in 1954, has
transferred ownership of some
20,000 shares of miscellaneous stock
valued at more than 8800,000 to the
University, income from the sale of
the stock will be used to establish a

fund to endow the Alford L. Ward
Professorship. Funds will support a
faculty member preferably in the
specific fields of semiconductor
physics and engineering.

The new professorship is expected
to be filled by the 1987 fall semester.

Ward, a physicist at the Harry Dia-
mond Laboratories in Adelphi and a
resident of Chevy Chase, received his
doctorate the same year that John
Toll, now University president,
became chairman of the UMCP
Department of Physics.

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Paterson Authors Book on Feminist Lawyer Marguerite Rawalt

In lawyer lore, the name Marguerite
Rawalt has earned a permanent place
of honor and respect.

Likewise, in feminist lore, her
name has been awarded the same
legendary status reserved for the
original movers and shakers of the
women's movement.

As one observer puts it: "In her
first 90 years, Marguerite Rawalt has
achieved the impossible at least
twice: she's given lawyers and
feminists a good name."

Rawalt 's story is the subject of
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Judith Paterson's rccendy published
book. Be Somebody: A Biography of
Marguerite Rawalt (Eakin Publica-
tions). It is a pioneer's Story about
how one woman braved the in-
hospitality of a wild frontier (the
practice of law) and not only surviv-
ed but thrived,

Paterson's book tells how Rawalt
confronted her first major obstacle
when she applied to Georgetown
Law School in 1928 and was told
that it didn't accept women as
students. She finally managed to con-
vince the powers that be at George-
Washington University of her "wor-
thiness," and they grudgingly ac-
cepted her into the school's night
program. Before long she was elected
to GWs first law review and passed
her bar exam a year before she
finished school.

But her real struggles were only
beginning, Paterson says. Gaining ac-
ceptance from her peers (all male in
those days) demanded unusual

(left) Judith Paterson and (right) Marguerite Rawalt.

amounts of determination and self-
confidence. At one job, Rawalt recalls
her new boss saying upon her ar-
rival. "1 don't know why 1 have to
have a G.D. woman in my outfit."

In writing Be Somebody. Paterson
had access to all of Rawalt 's
papers — letters, news clips, memos
and the like — all meticulously filed
and in mint condition in the lawyer's
Arlington apartment. Using these in
conjunction with extensive inter-
views with Rawalt. she has authored

a hook that, it has been said, goes
beyond being a biography to being a
history of the women's movement
from the 1930s to the present.

"Marguerite Rawalt accomplished
so much on women's behalf despite
the prejudice she encountered,"
Paterson says. "For example, after
her retirement from the IRS [she had
previously been denied a judicial
position after each of the five times
her name was offered as a candidate],
she devoted her energies to setting

up the first tax-exempt foundations
for women, including the NOW
Legal Defense Fund and Education
Fund. She brought the first sex
discrimination cases to court and
worked to get the ERA ratified by
Congress,"

Paterson says that one of Rawalt's
most remarkable qualities is her abili-
ty to tackle controversial issues of
women's rights without diminishing
her male colleagues' respect or affec-
tion for her — even, for example, in
the midst of the F.RA dehatc and she
was among the vanguard in support
of the amendment.

"I knew we were right that we
ought to be in the Constitution, "
Rawalt told one interviewer, "just as
1 know it today, and the thing was
to persuade the people who could
vote us in to treat us that way. It
wasn't up to men to seek this out,
they were busy with everything, this
was just one thing — 'w^cll, 1 guess the
women think they're mistreated.' It
was up to us to show them that the
law actually said these terrible things
about us."

In addition to her work for the
passage of the ERA amendment and
on behalf of NOW's Legal Defense
Fund, Rawalt became the first and
only president of the Federal Bar
Association, the president of the
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs and a member of President
Kennedy's Commission on the Status
of Women. ■

— Mercy Hardie Coogan

Montroil Memorial Lectureship Fund Announced

Friends and colleagues of the late
Elliott Montroil, UMCP professor of
physics, have announced the creation
of the Elliott W. Montroil Memorial
Lectureship Fund.
The lectureship will be held an-

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nually to honor major ac-
complishments in the areas of
mathematical or chemical physics or
quantitative modeling of social
phenomena,

Montroil died December 3. 1 983-

In May 1984, a memorial sym-
posium sponsored by the < >ffice i >i
Naval Research and the Institute for
Physical Science and Technology of
the University of Maryland was held
at the National Academy of Sciences
to honor his memory and wide con-
tributions to science.

"Elliott Montroil was one of the
most influential and inspiring
mathematical physicists of our
times," says Michael F. Shlesinger, a
researcher with the Office of Naval
Research and chairman of the
operating committee that will carry
out the detailed arrangements for
convening the yearly lectureship.

The lectureship will also be ad-
ministered by a committee of trustees
which will have the scientific over-
sight and make recommendations for
the selection of speakers, topics and
sites, Shlesinger says.

"The lectureship will provide a
forum where those who knew Elliott
and were influenced by working
with him could come together and
exchange ideas and experiences. In

order to try to continue the inspira-
tion he provided to us," Shlesinger
says, "we propose to hold the lec-
tureship alternately at the various
scientific centers Elliott frequented,
including Washington, San Diego,
and Leiden."
Contributions to help establish the

lectureship and perpetuate the
memory of Elliott Montroil can be
made payable to the "Montroil
Memorial Lectureship" and sent to
Paul H. E. Meijer, Dept. of Physics,
The Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC, 20064. ■

Father of Quarks to Speak

Nobel Laureate Murray Gcll-Mann,
MHUkan Professor of Theoretical
Physics at California Institute of
Technology, will deliver a lecture at
the UMCP Physics Colloquium entit-
led "Quantum Mechanics and This
Specific Universe."

Cell -Mann won the 1969 Nobel
Prize in Physics for his work on the
theory of elementary particles.

In 1961, be suggested the "eight-
fold-way ' classification scheme and
later proposed quarks and colored
gluons as the fundamental consti-
tuents of strongly interacting particles
such as the neutron and proton.

His lecture, intended for a general
audience, will be held in Room
Z-1410, Physics Bldg., at 3 p.m.,
Tues., Jan. 2 V . It is sponsored under
the auspices of the Special Year Pro-

gram on "Superst rings, Composite
Structures and Cosmology" and sup-
ported by the L'MCP Graduate
School and Department of Physics
and Astronomy. ■

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Murray Gell-Mann

Outlook

January 26, 1987

Research Opportunities
Announced

The University Corporation for At-
mospheric Research (UCAR) has an-
nounced new research opportunities
in programs established at the Naval
Environmental Prediction Research
Facility and at the national prediction
centers of the National Weather Ser-

vice. Appointments will be for up to
two years and will range in level
from senior research to postdoctoral
scientists. Qualified scientists wishing
to apply should contact Gene Martin,
UCAR, P.O. Box 5000, Boulder, Col-
orado 80307 or call him at (303)
497-8999.

In Memoriam

A memorial service will be held Sun-
day, February 1, for Howard Laster,
a specialist in cosmic ray astrophysics
who was chairman of the UMCP
Department of Physics and
Astronomy from 1965 to 1975. The
service will begin at 3:00 p.m. in the
West Chapel of the UMCP Memorial
Chapel.

Dr. Laster died December 3 1 in
Iowa City, where he taught physics

at the University of Iowa. Since
1976, Laster had served as the dean
of the college of liberal arts at Iowa.
Dr. Joseph Sucher of the Depart-
ment of Physics and Astronomy will
officiate at the service. Speakers will
include Dr. John Toll, president of
the University of Maryland; Dr.
David Falk, assistant vice-chancellor
for academic affairs; and Harry
Kricmelmeyer, assistant vice-
chancellor for administrative affairs.

Major Baltimore Newspaper Library
Donated to UMCP

continued from page 7

that are already a part of the campus'

library system and will be a

repository for other materials to be

added."

This collection is not only a major
resource for the College of Jour-
nalism but also will prove to be of
great value as an extraordinary col-
lection of information on Maryland,
according to the libraries' curator of
Marylandia, Peter Curtis, who is
supervising the collection. The files
are actually the equivalent of a sub-
ject and photographic index of
Maryland events and personalities
from the 1930s to 1986, and this ad-
dition of the News American 's enor-
mous library and morgue makes Col-
lege Park libraries' Marylandia depart-
ment as strong in 20th century
materials as any library in the state,
says Curtis,

"Just unloading the collection off
the trucks was a harrowing ex-

perience," says Curtis of the enor-
mous assortment of materials
transported from Baltimore to Col-
lege Park. "!t took five full days,"

Among these materials are 3,000
dust-covered bound volumes contain-
ing newspapers dating back to the
1870s. Covered with decades of dirt,
some 250 stacks of these huge
volumes are piled 15 high on heavy
wooden skids. Two-thirds have been
microfilmed, but the remainder
dating from 1920 to 1940 have not,
and Curtis places this task of
microfilming high on his list for
funding.

Adjacent to these volumes of
bound newspapers stand row upon
row of five-foot high cabinets filled
with almost 3 million news clippings
which are yellowing with age and in-
creasingly fragile. Curtis says the clip-
pings arc remarkably well-preserved.
They survived because they were us-
ed only by the newspaper's staff," he

says. Dating from the 1930s, the clips
are arranged according to subject
with categories ranging from aardvark
to zoysia. Subject listings such as
biography, politics, motion pictures,
theft, waterfalls, and wife beating to
name just a few — indicate the enor-
mous range of research materials in
the collection.

The photograph collection— over a
million in all — is quite possibly an
even more valuable component of
the Hearst gift. The largest single sub-
ject listing is that of "people," and
the row upon row of eye-level files
are crammed with fascinating black
and white glossies of famous and
not-so-famous newsmakers of their
time. The photos are exceedingly
well-preserved and very usable, but
to remain in such good shape each
photo must eventually be separated
by acid- free paper. A job even more
critical to preserving the collection is
that of removing 1 50.000 original

negatives from the high acidic
envelopes in which they are
contained — a massive relabeling job
and one requiring significant
resources. All in all, a tremendous
job of curating is in store for
McKeldin.

On Sunday, Aug. 19, 1973 a
24-page magazine supplement to the
News American printed a history of
the newspaper, calling it: "A familiar
old friend to Maryland. The News
American today looks forward to the
best of 200 more years."

This was a prophesy destined to
be unfulfilled. But with this gift to
the College Park Campus, a once
great newspaper is continuing to
serve society — albeit in a different
but perhaps even more significant
role. ■

— Roz Hiebert

Three Young Investigator Awards Given to UMCP Faculty

Egad Abed

continued from page I
compression scheme for its spacecraft
that transmit images back to Earth.
The more the images are compress-
ed, the greater the number that can
be transmitted over a given period of
time.

Eyad Abed, who came to Maryland
in January 1983 with a Ph.D. from
the University of California at
Berkeley, also knows the value of ap-
plied research. His studies on
automatic control systems stem from
his fascination with high-performance
aircraft and their stability at near-stall
speeds. His work on reduced- order
modeling, meanwhile, can be applied
to systems (such as turbines) that
operate on several time scales.

For the time being, however. Abed
is noncommittal about his research
plans.

Dcvarajan Thirumalai. on the other
hand, is not even sure that private
money will be available to him. "I'm
a theorist," he says. "In my business,
it's relatively hard to find private
funds."

Thirumalai, who earned a Ph.D.
from the University of Minnesota
before coming to College Park in

Devrajan Tttlrumalal
September 1985, is particularly in-
terested in what happens to liquids

Nariman Farvardln

when they are supercooled to a
glassy state. He also is curious about

the behavior of polymeric systems. ■
— Stuart Hales

Athletic Mission Statement Approved and
Search for New AD Begins

A Mission Statement for the UMCP
Intercollegiate Athletic Program has
now been completed and was ap-
proved by the Board of Regents at
iis December 12, 1986 meeting. The
broad -based statement stresses the
fact that the program "should sup-
port the academic mission" of the
Campus and should "reflect the
qualities of integrity and excellence
inherent in that mission."

The Mission Statement also in-
cludes discussion of the proper
balance between academics and
athletics, student-athletes' participa-
tion in campus life, the campus'
responsibilities to student-athletes,
commitment to the requirement of
self-support for both revenue and
nonrevenue sports, commitment of
the Campus to NCAA and ACC rules

and regulations, and a provision
which calls for the mission statement
to be reviewed annually by the Cam-
pus Athletic Council in order to en-
sure compliance to University, NCAA
and ACC principles and regulations.

Attached to the Mission Statement
approved by the Regents was a new
position description for the Director
of Intercollegiate Athletics which
outlines the duties and respon-
sibilities of the person who currently
oversees an annual budget amounting
to $8.3 million.

Now that the tasks of completing a
Mission Statement for Intercollegiate
Athletics and writing of a job
description for Athletic Director have
been accomplished, the next step in
the agenda for improving athletics
outlined by the Chancellor last fall

has gotten underway. A national
search to find a permanent UMCP
athletic director has begun. In early
January Chancellor Slaughter an-
nounced that he had selected Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs and
Provost William E. Kirwan to head
the search committee for athletic
director, and this group has already
begun to meet. Kirwan has indicated
that the committee would like to
identify a candidate by the middle of
the spring semester, with a potential
target date of March or April, but this
depends on how fast the process
moves, he says.

The final appointment of the
Director of Athletics is one that is
made by the Board of Regents upon
recommendation of the President and
the Chancellor. ■

Outlook

January 26, 198*7

Tax Tips for Faculty and Staff

Confused by the changing tax laws?
An audio tape entitled "Tax Reform
Changes Important to Faculty" is
available in the Nonprint Media
Room of Hornbake Library. The tape
is a presentation by Dr. Alan D.
Willsey, a financial advisor in the
Washington, D.C. firm of Financial
Advocates Pamela Thomas in the
College of Education's Educational
Technology Center has made this
tape available for use by faculty and
staff. Ask for UMCP Tape PI.

Gift Enlarges Taff Endowment

The Board of Directors of the
American Society of Transportation
and Logistics, Inc. has added a
SI, 000 check to the Charles A. Taff
Endowment Fund. Taff, professor
emeritus of transportation, was a
founding member of the Society and
for 15 years edited its quarterly pro-
fessional journal, Transportation Jour-
nal, and has served on its editorial
review board since 1961. The 2Sth
anniversary issue of the journal
dedicated its lend article to Taff on
the occasion of his retirement.

Lecture on Doing the Baroque

UMCP opera fans will learn to make
Baroque opera come alive this
month. Nicholas McGegan, former
director of early music programs at
the Royal College of Music in Lon-
don, will lecture on " Introduction
to Baroque Opera— Baroque
Theatrical Style" from 1-3 p.m., Fri.,
Jan. 30 in Tawes Recital Hall, All
UMCP faculty, students and staff are
invited to the lecture. The event is
co-sponsored by the College of Arts
and Humanities and the Department
of Music, and is the first of the 1987
Collegiate Encounter Series.

CALENDAR

January 26 — February 7

(HIST), 2 p.m., 2119 Francis Scott Key

UM's Derrick Lewis goes up for two. Men's basketball
schedule appears weekly In the Outlook calendar.

MONDAY

January 26
Gyrotron Powered Wigglers for Free
Electron Laser, plasma physics seminar
by Bruce Danly (MIT), 1:30 p.m., 1207
Energy Research Bldg. Call x3511 for
info, "

Intramural Men's and Women's Basket-
ball, registration begins 8:30 a.m. and
continues through Feb. 3, 1104 Reckord
Armory Call x3124 for info.*

The Chemical Inhomogeneities of
Globular Clusters, astronomy colloquium
by Graeme Smith (Space Telescope
Science Inst.), 4 p.m., 1113 Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg. Call x3511 for
info. *

Women's Basketball vs Virginia, 7:30
p.m.. Cole Field House."

Top Gun. movie. See Jan. 27.

THURSDAY

January 29

Opening Reception, Faculty Art Exhibi-
tion, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Art Gallery, Art-
Sociology Bldg. Exhibit continues through
March 4, The regular hours for the ex-
hibit are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday, Tues-
day. Thursday, and Friday; 10 a.m. -9
p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday.*

Edward Albee. American playwright, will
speak to creative writing students at 1 1
a.m. in 1104 Taliaferro, and to theater
students at 2 p.m. in Tawes 0241. At
3:30 p.m., Mr. Albee will conduct an
open meeting in the Katherine Anne
Porter Room, 3103 McKeldin. Call x2511
for info *

Phonons on Reconstructed Silicon Sur-
faces, condensed matter seminar by O.
Alerhand (U. of Pennsylvania), 3 p.m.,
4208 Physics. Call x3511 for info.*

Top Gun, movie. See Jan. 27.

FRIO A Y

January 30

Improvisations Unlimited dance ensem-
ble will perform Brides and other works,
8 p.m., Publick Playhouse in Landover,
MD. Call 277-1710 for ticket info.

Introduction to Baroque Opera-
Baroque Theatrical Style, music lecture
by conductor/director Nicholas McGegan
(Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, San
Francisco). 1-3 p.m., Tawes Recital Hall.
Call x7271 for info.*

Materials Processing in Space.

engineering lecture by Astronaut Bonnie
Dunbar (NASA), 3 p.m.. 1202 Engr.
Classroom Bldg.*

Top Gun, movie. See Jan. 27.

Clockwork Orange, midnight movie, Hoff
Theatre. Call x2594 for info.

SATURDAY

January 31

Social to Kick-OH Black History Month,

10 p.m.. Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student
Union, Call x5916 for info.

Improvisations Unlimited See Jan. 30.

Women's Basketball vs U.N.C., 7:30
p.m., Cole Field House.

Men's Wrestling vs Lehigh, 2 p.m.,
Cole Field House,*

Top Gun, movie. See Jan. 27.

Clockwork Orange, midnight movie. See
Jan. 30.

SUNDAY

February 1

Men's Swimming vs Johns Hopkins. 1

p.m., Cole Swimming Pool.*

Top Gun, movie. See Jan. 27.

MONDAY

February 2

Evolution & Cognition, History and
Philosophy of Science Colloquium by
Massimo Piatelli-Palmerini (MIT), 4:15
p.m.. 1117 Francis Scott Key Hall. For in-
fo call x2850.*

Arab-Jewish Co-existence in Israel:
Prospects for the Future, lecture by
Israeli-Arab Walid Mulah and American
Zionist Ronny Brauer, 6:30 p.m., Hillel
Jewish Student Center. Call 422-6200 for
info*

Intramural Coed Basketball & Racquet-
ball Singles, registration begins 8:30
a.m. and continues through Feb. 10,
1104 Reckord Armory. Call x3124 for
info*

TUESDA Y

February 3

Conference on Multicultural Education.

sponsored by the College of Education, 9
a.m., Prince Georges Community Col-
lege. Call x5291 for info.*

Genealogy Lecture and Discussion by

Sylvia Cooke (Library of Congress), 6
p.m., Leonardtown Community Center.
Call x6644 for info.*

Black History Month Showcase Exhibit
On display through the end of February,
2nd floor, Benjamin Bldg. Call x5467 for
info.*

Stretched Atoms in Microwaves: Quan-
tum Nonlinear Dynamics in the
Classically-Chaotic Regime, physics col-
loquium by James Bayfield (U. of Pitt-
sburgh), 4 p.m., 1410 Physics. Call x3511
for info.*

Something Wild, movie, 7 & 9:30 p.m.,
Hoff Theatre. Call x2594 for info.

WEDNESDAY

February 4

Lecture by Former Refusenik Leonid
Feldman, the first Soviet Jew to be or-
dained a Conservative Rabbi, 6:30 p.m.,
Hillel Jewish Student Center. Call
422-6200 for info.

Job Search Strategies for Minorities

workshop, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Non-Print
Media Center, 4th floor, Hornbake
Library. Call x2813 or x4901 for info.*

Multi-Cultural Coffee Hour, S4:30 p.m.
0205 Jimenez Hall. Call x3043 for info.*

Women's Basketball vs Rutgers, 5:30

p.m., Cole Field House.*

Men's Basketball vs Clemson, 8 p.m.,
Cole Field House.

Something Wild, movie. See Feb. 3.

THURSDAY

February 5

Growth, Structure and Properties of
Metal/Metal Superlattices. Greater
Washington Solid State Physics Collo-
quium by Charles M. Falco (U. of
Arizona), 8:30 p.m., 1410 Physics. Call
x3417 for info.*

Job Search Strategies for Minorities

workshop, 2-4 p.m. See Feb. 4.

FRIDA Y

February 6

We Are Family concert and poetry
reading featuring the University Gospel
Chorus and Youth Chorus, 8 p.m.,
Memorial Chapel. Call x3335 for info,*

The Fenner House, performance by the
UMCP Department of Dance, 7 p.m.,
Publick Playhouse, Landover, MD. Call
X4056 for info.*

Maupassant as Historian, history lecture
by Richard Cobb (Oxford U.), 4 p.m.,
1117 Francis Scott Key Hall.*

Monty Python's Life of Brian, midnight
movie, Hoff Theatre. Call x2594 for info.

TUESDAY

January 27

Quantum Mechanics and the Specific
Universe lecture by Nobel Laureate Mur-
ray Gell-Mann (Cal. Inst, of Tech.), 3
p.m., 1410 Physics.*

Top Gun. movie, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Hoff
Theatre. Call x2594 for info.

WEDNESDA Y

January 28

Opening reception for Hidden Treasures.

art exhibit featuring works by UMCP
faculty and staff. 4-6 p.m., Parents Assn.
Art Gallery, Stamp Student Union.
Regular gallery hours: Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-8
p.m., Sun, noon-8 p.m.*

Norway and the United States,
1905-1955: Two Democracies in Peace

and War. history lecture by Wayne Cole

ACADEMIC SCHEDULES FOR 1987

Spring Semester 1987

January

15— Martin Luther King holiday
26— First day of classes

March

15-22— Spring vacation (no classes)

April

17— Good Friday

May

14 — Last day of classes

15— Exam study day (no classes)

16-23 — Final examinations

25— Memorial Day holiday (no classes)

26— Commencement

Summer Semester 1987

June

1 —First day of classes. Summer Session I

Summer Session Continued

July

3— Independence Day holiday (no classes)
10— Last day of classes. Summer Session I
13— First day of classes, Summer Session II

August

21— Last day of classes, Summer Session II

Fall Semester 1987

September

2— First day of classes

7— Labor Day holiday (no classes)

November

26-29 — Thanksgiving holiday (no

December

11— Last day of classes

14-21— Final examinations

22 — Co mmencement

SATURDAY

February 7

Happy Birthday Mozart concert featuring
UMCP faculty, 8 p.m., Tawes Recital
Hall. Call x6669 for info.

Black Student Leadership Conference,

8:30 a.m., Prince Georges Room, Stamp
Student Union. Call x5605 to pre-
register, *

Women's Gymnastics vs UMBC, 7 p.m.,
Cole Field House.*

Monty Python's Life of Brian, midnight
movie. See Feb. 6.

* Free Admission

If you have an event you would like us to
include in the calendar, please submit it
in writing ten working days prior to the
week in which the event occurs.

Improvisations Unlimited
to Open Season

Improvisations Unlimited will open
its 1987 dance season with perfor-
mances of work by Chicago
choreographer Beverly Blossom. The
UMCP-based group will perform
Blossom's Brides in concerts begin-
ning at 8 p.m. Jan. 30 and 31 in the
Pubiick Playhouse at Landover.
Blossom had visited College Park in
December and worked with the
company, The program also will in-
clude works by Robert Ellis Dunn,
Dan Wagoner and Don Redlich. For
ticket information call 277-1710.

Faculty & Staff Art on Display

The creative side of UMCP faculty
and staff will be on display this
winter in the Parents Association Art
Gallery at the Stamp Student Union.
The gallery's Hidden Treasures ex-
hibit Jan. 28-March 6 will feature art
works and crafts contributed by
faculty and staff members throughout
the College Park campus. The show
will feature such works as oil pain-
tings, candles, furniture and duck
decoys. The gallery is open 8 a.m. -5
p.m. daily.

Outlook

January 26, 1987

ARTS AT MARYLAND

It's Show Time For UMCP Art Faculty

Tadeusz Lapinski's Meditation will be on display at the 1387 Faculty Art Exhibition which opens Thursday
with a preview reception tram 4:30-6:30 p.m. Lapinski's piece is a colorlithograph.

IMC!' art faculty members this week
will show that their talents extend
beyond the classroom into gallery
spaces
Every two years the UMCP Art

Gallery brings together examples of
the painting, sculpture and works in
other media by the University faculty
for an in-housc art exhibit. The 198" 7
Faculty Art Exhibition will open with

a preview reception 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 29, in the Art Gallery.
The show will run from Friday, Jan.
30, through March 4.

The faculty show is among the
most popular events the Gallery
hosts, says assistant director Cheryle
Harper. The show introduces new
faculty members and gives a sense of
how veterans are progressing in their
work.

"This is an opportunity for
students to see what their professors
are doing professionally," she says.
"The faculty is a strong group that
includes some of the most well-
known artists in the Washington,
D.C. area."

The show will include the work of
2 1 artists and more than 7 <> pieces.
The following is a list of participating
faculty members and the media in
which they wall exhibit:

* Pamela Blotner, assistant pro-
fessor, painted wood.

* Patrick Craig, associate professor,
oil nn canvas and pastel.

* Claudia De Monte, associate pro-
fessor, mixed media and acrylic on
gator board.

* David Driskell, professor, mixed
media on paper and canvas.

"James H. i'orbes, associate pro-
fessor, mixed media installation.

* Ellen Gelman, associate pro-
fessor, monoprint.

* Bruce Gugliuzza, lecturer, iron
and steel sculpture,

* Patrice K&IOC, assistant pro-
fessor, oil on canvas.

* Richard Kl.vtk, associate pro-
fessor, tiil on canvas.

" Leonard Kosckmski. assistant pro-
fessor, oil on canvas.

* Nicholas Krushcnick. associate
professor, oil on canvas.

* Tadeusz A, Lapinski, professor,
lithographs.

* Scoff Mclntyre, lecturer,
sculpture.

* Jeffrey N, Mei/Jik. assistant pro-
fessor, sculpture.

* Keith Morrison, professor, oil on
canvas,

* Henry E. Niesc, associate pro-
fessor, mixed media installation.

* Stephanie E. Pogue, associate
professor, color etchings,

* Sumi Putnam, lecturer, prints,

* W.C. Richardson, assistant pro-
fessor, oil on canvas.

* Jim Sanborn, assistant professor.
sandstone and gold leaf sculpture.

* Anne Truin, professor, wash on
paper.

The gallery hours for the show are
10 a.m. -4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. -9 p.m.
Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. B

—Brian Busek

Henry

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s sketch at "Arbor of Mysteries", an Installation he will construct for the Faculty Art Exhibition.

Benefit Concert Sends Mozart Birthday Wishes

I M( I' miisii ians will pl,i\ and sing
their annual birthday greetings to
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in early
February.

The Department of Music's fourth
annual Happy Birthday, Mozart con-
cert will feature pianist Ne-Iita True
accompanied by the University of
Maryland Symphony Orchestra,
lames McDonald, Linda Mabbs and
Susan Fleming and former students
Susan Bender and Gordon Hawkins
will sing selections from Mozart
operas to complete the program.

The concert, pan of the depart-
ment's Artist Scholarship Benefit
Scries, will begin at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 in
Tawcs Recital Hall.

True, a UMCP music professor,
will play Mozart's Piano Concerto in
E Hat major. True was among six

faculty members recognized as
Distinguished Scholar- Teachers by
College Park Campus in 1981-82.

The symphony orchestra con-
ducted by UMCP music professor
William Hudson, will accompany
True and also will perform the over-
ture to Mozart's Marriage of Eigaio.

An element of theater will be add-
ed during the second half of the con-
cert to precede opera excerpts from
.The Marriage of Eigaro, Don Giovan-
ni and Cosi Fan Tutte. The introduc-
tions, in the form of a narration writ-
ten by music doctoral student Myra
Tate, will feature Washington actor
Carlos Juan Gonzalez, who will por-
tray Mozart's librettist. Da Pome. He
will tell stories based on Mozart's life
before each of the operatic excerpts,

McDonald, a tenor and music pro-

fessor, recently performed as soloist
during the University of Maryland
Chorus' Christmas concert.

Mabbs, a soprano, is an associate
music professor. Fleming, a mezzo-
soprano, is a lecturer in the music
department. Bender and Hawkins are
former students of McDonald. Both
were finalists in the 1986
Metropolitan Opera Competition.

Proceeds from the concert will
provide scholarship funds for College-
Park music students.

The concert is one of five in this
year's benefit series of performances
by UMCP faculty members. Future
concerts will feature the Guarneri
String Quartet and flutist William
Mi Hitgornery.

For ticket information call

454-6669. ■ „ . „ ,

— Bnan Busek

Outlook

January 26, 1987

German & Slavic Scholarships

For the first time the Dept. of Ger-
manic and Slavic Languages and
Literatures has received off-campus
scholarship funds. The Anna Barsh
Dunn Educational Trust Fund of the
German Orphan Home Association
has agreed to give the department
12,000 in scholarship money tor the
1987-88 and 1988-89 academic years.

German language students are eligible
for the scholarships. The Associa-
tion's chairman, William Caldweli,
says the group will decide whether
to continue the support after the first
two years. The Association funds
child and education-oriented projects
in the metropolitan Washington, D.C,
area.

Grad Assistants* Changes Made

Two changes in processing the ap-
pointments of Graduate Assistants
have been announced by Vice
Chancellor and Provost William E,
Kir wan. One, a change in the titles
and title codes used for Graduate
Assistants, Graduate Research
Assistants, and Graduate Extension

Assistants, will facilitate fiscal plan-
ning and operations. The other will
free the Graduate School and units
that employ Graduate Assistants from
an unnecessary paperwork burden.
For details, contact Assistant Vice
Chancellor Richard Jaquith at
454-2226.

CLOSE UP

Pilot Program Helps Ease Transition
From High School to University

Gerry Strumpf

F.nsuring that freshmen become
sophomores on this and other cam-
puses is a tall order and one of in-
creasing concern to university faculty
and administrators

But a new pilot program begun at
UMCP last fall is helping make the
transition from high school to the
College Park Campus for some new
students a lot easier and promises to
improve retention rates as well

The size of the nation's traditional
college-aged population is shrinking,
notes Gerry- Strumpf, UMCP director
of orientation. The make up of to-
day's student body is shifting from
generally academically skilled,
middle-class young people to
students with a more complicated
mix of academic preparation, age,
social and economic backgrounds,
and reasons for enrolling.

Without some kind of assistance,
these are the students who arc most
likely to become academic drop-outs,
Strumpf says. Research has shown
that the attrition rate among college
students is greatest between the
freshman and sophomore years.

The transition from high school or
work to college for many among this
new breed of undergraduate is often
particularly difficult. And the larger,
more complex and bureaucratic the
university in which they enroll, the

more complicated and perilous that
transition becomes.

At UMCP only S2 percent of all
students enrolled will complete
degrees, and 2 1 percent of a
freshmen class will leave after only
one year, notes William Higgins,
campus retention coordinator and
associate professor of zoology'. Black
students experience a T 4 percent rate
of attrition. Twenty nine percent of
the black memhers of the freshmen
class will not return to College Park
after their first year, he says.

"With the knowledge about sui-
dent adjustment concerns, retention
factors, and problems inherent in
large institutions like UMCP, we pro-
posed that the University offer a
freshmen seminar course.'' Strumpf
says. "Somewhere along the way.
orientation became program-oriented
instead of the on -going process it
must be if we are going to help ease
the transition of new students into
the academic community at College
Park.'' she says. "If all we are telling
our entering freshmen is where they
go to cat. where to sleep, and where
their classes meet, if that's all we do,
then m 1 are not accomplishing our
mission. What we proposed, on a
pilot basis, was an academic course
that would open up the world of
E higher education to new students in
§ an on-going way."

What emerged from the proposal
^ was "The Student in the University"
(FDCP 1080) an eight week freshman
seminar that met once a week for
two hours last semester. Students
were awarded one credit hour for
completion of the course, which was
graded on a pass/ fail basis.

Funds for the pilot program were
made availahle from the Office of the
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
through the Retention Office, Higgins
says.

In addition to helping freshmen
become sophomores. Strumpf ex-
plains, the course's goals included
assisting students in exploring the
world of higher education and in
clarifying their expectations about
why they were in college. It also
sought to develop career decision-
making and academic and com-
munications skills and to help
students better identify with UMCP.
and learn about who they are and
how they fit into the university en-
vironment.

The seminar also attempted to
develop an awareness and apprecia-
tion for the cultural diversity that ex-
ists on the College Park Campus.

Five sections of EDCP 1080 were
offered on a pilot basis last fall. Each
was limited to 11 students. One hun-
dred students enrolled in the course;
100 others were placed in an ex-
perimental control group, Stumpf
explains.

Strumpf and Danielle Wilkshire, a

graduate assistant in the Orientation
Office who is studying counseling
and personnel services, taught one
section; William Higgins and Robert
Shoenberg. special assistant to the
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
taught a second.

A third section was taught by La
Rue Allen, psychology professor, and
Diana Jackson, then assistant director,
campus activities and now assistant
dean in the College of Behavioral
and Social Sciences, and Ulysses Con-
nor, director of special student sup-
port services, taught a fourth. The
fifth section was taught by Barbara
Williams, assistant to the director of
urban studies.

Although each section was taught
slightly differently, each focused on
issues such as: Why Am I Here? — in
which students wrote essays explain-
ing why they came to UMCP and
what they hoped to achieve in four
years; What Is A University? — which
asked students to write their own
definition of higher education;
Should I Major In Anything?— in
which each student was asked to
describe the perfect major and the
courses he or she would need to
take to fulfill it.

The course syllabus also included
such things as a Scavenger Hunt of
Student Sen* ices, Why Aren't We AH
Alike?, a look at ethnic minorities,
and Can 1 Really Work Within The
System '*, which focused on goal
setting.

Strumpf notes that at least five
other universities have inquired
ahout the pilot program. "It could
well become a model for other large,
public universities throughout the
country," she says,

Although a number of other
schools are providing orientation
courses — some mandatory lor all
freshmen— I'MCP is the only one
looking at the course experi men tally,
as far as Strumpf knows.

Next spring, she says, the GPAs of
students who took EDCP 1080 and
those in the control group will be
compared, and next fall, retention
statistics for each group will be
gathered and compared. Students
who were in the control group were
asked to fill out questionnaires with
the promise of a T-shirt if the survey
was returned to the orientation of-
fice, she adds

Faculty and students were general-
ly enthusiastic about "The Student in
the University" and in what it at-
tempted to accomplish.

Freshman pre-business and accoun-
ting major Dcnise Hairston called the
course "helpful," although she felt it
did not go far enough in meeting
some of her needs. "I would
definitely recommend it to new
students," the Tcaneck, N.J. native
say.s. "It helped me because I'm
basically a shy person."

Chris Krausz, a pre-physical
therapy major from Baltimore, said,
"I recommend that the course be
open and available to all new
freshmen. I was introduced to so
many programs available on campus
that I'll probably never have a
chance to take advantage of all of
them in my four years here."

The small size of the class was also
a drawing card. "With only 22
students in the class, we were able to
really get to know each other and
make new friends," he adds.

Barbara Williams noted that one of
her students became so well inform-
ed about the range of campus
resources that he was able to advise
a senior who knew nothing about
career advising services available on
campus.

"Things went awfully right." notes
La Rue Allen. "The students. I
believe, were enormously pleased
with the personal attention they
received and the chance they had to
talk about issues like racism and sex-
ism, issues they may not have had
the opportunity to really discuss
hefore." Allen says she and her
students developed a close relation-
ship that continues "They continue
to visit my office just to chat." she
says.

Diana Jackson said the course of-
fered students "a home base, a place
to stop by and feel comfortable with
during their first year at the Universi-
ty." One assignment for her students
was to pick a major and plot a four-
year schedule of courses, a kind of
master plan. "When one of my
students showed the paper to her
faculty advisor, be was astonished at
how complete and comprehensive it
was," Jackson says.

"Commuters find the College Park
Campus particularly intimidating,"
says Strumpf. "The course is critical
for these students."

Strumpf says she hopes ten sec-
tions of the course will be available
next fall — five sections would be of-
fered for eight weeks, five for the
entire semester.

Faculty members who may be in-
terested in teaching "The Student in
the University" are urged to contact
Strumpf at x57S2 in the Orientation
Office of the Stamp Student Union. ■

-Tom Otwclt

Outlook

January 26, 1987

Shukla Attends
Vatican Symposium

J. Shukla (Meteorology, and director
of the Center for Ocean-Land-
Atmosphcrc Interactions) attended
the Pontificia Academia Scicntiarum
last fail to take part in the study on
"Persistent meteo-oceanographic
anomalies and telcconnections" held
at the Vatican. He delivered a lecture
on the long-range forecasting of the
Asiatic monsoons.

Women's Studies
Graduate Student Network
Offers Support, Insights

The Women's Studies Graduate Stu-
dent Nework meets the second
Wednesday of each month from 3-5
p.m. in the Mill Building. The Feb.
1 1 meeting will focus on feminist
pedagogy, particularly how it is af-

fected by discriminatory language. To
date, women from 14 different
departments have joined the group.
For more information, call Laurie Lip-
pin, the network's convener, at
454-3841 or 277-7529.

Cl/Li/ii

GEP

PEOP1

Keeper of the Purse Strings

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Dave John

You could say that for the past
quarter century Dave John has been
on extremely intimate terms with any
number of important campus figures.
If by figures you mean Arabic
numerals, that is.

John is ,i senior budget analyst in
the Office of Resource Planning and
Budget. Since first coming to campus
in I960 as a "gofer" in the budget
office, he has held any number of

titles, including accountant (after he
received his degree by attending
night school) and assistant to the
comptroller.

"Now my job is to help distribute
the money the state gives the Univer-
sity each year to those programs and
departments earmarked by the
Chancellor and vice chancellors,"
John says. "But believe me, we truly
don't make any decisions about who

gets what or how much. Sometimes
people can get very upset over
budget matters and I have to gently
remind them not to shoot the
messenger. For the most part,
though, the campus understands how
our office fits into the scheme of
things."

John recalls times past (not
necessarily the good ol' days, hut
ones that were a lot less complicated,
he says) when state approval of the
University's budget was pretty much
of a pro forma affair.

"At one point, we generally got
whatever we requested," he says,
"though the way we went about ask-
ing for funds was a bit indirect. For
example, if we wanted funding for
100 new positions on campus, we
might ask for 200 knowing that the
state would automatically cut it down
to the number we were really look-
ing for. Now, however, we seem to
have gone to the opposite extreme
and must justify in great detail each
and every new position we want."

Besides keeping his eye on the ebb
and flow of campus budgetary affairs,
John has witnessed the many other
changes that have washed over Col-
lege Park in the past 26 years. He
remembers with great relish, for ex-
ample, the year the Tcrp football
team went to the Peach Bowl, the
University's first-ever post-season
adventure. And, like so many others
who were on campus then, he has
vivid memories of the student
demonstrations of the 1960s.

"But to me the most impressive
thing I've experienced in my years

here," he says, "is the level of
technology we have achieved in a
relatively short time. It is truly amaz-
. ing to me. I can remember when I
knew the names and salaries of just
about everybody working on cam-
pus. Such a feat would be impossible
today. Of course, back then the cam-
pus comptroller was making about
J6.500 and proud of it. Those were
definitely differeni times."

At home in Laurel with wife Beth
and teenage children Doug and
Susan, John prefers to spend his time
away from computer terminals and
ledgers. Instead he dons his denims
and heads for the family's garage.

"I love to tinker and always have
at least one untitled car that I'm
'repairing,'" he says. "Problem is that
now my son also likes to work on
cars. Between the two of us there's
usually no end to spare parts and
tools all over everywhere.

"My other hobby is gardening, I
love to work outside in good
weather. Doug and 1 (mostly Doug)
planted and cared for a 30x100 ft.
garden last season. It's great work for
a 1 6- year-old."

Others on campus who have
known and worked with John over
the years say that his most outstan-
ding quality is is willingness to be of
help. Jane Brady, business manager
for the Office of Institutional Ad-
vancement, sums up the feelings
John's colleagues have for him this
way: "He's one of those rare people
who never minds calls from people
like me who need guidance with
department budget matters. If he
doesn't know, he gets back to you.
He never forgets." ■

— Mercy Hardie Coogan

Behind the Scenes

Dear Professor Wiscone.

Welcome back to College Park and
thanks so much for the box of can-
died kumquats. I'm glad you found
the convention on Pre- Renaissance
Newel Posts and Doorjambs all that
you hoped it. would be. Who would
have thought that Club Med would
sponsor such an event...

As you might imagine, campus life
has been rather subdued for the past
month. Even so, we've managed to
keep active — you know, just enough
to prevent atrophy. Here's a little
idea of what's been going on...

Ann Allen of the English Dept.
along with Kathy Smith and
Brianne Friel have spent the last
three weeks typing professors'
manuscripts, making a complete of-
fice inventory and converting to a
new word processing system.
However, there is no truth to the
rumor that the three participated in
the so-called 48-hour Poker
Marathon that allegedly took place
in the Chair's Office...

You'll he happy to know that folks
in architecture have also kept out of
harm's way over break. According to
Nancy La panne, asst. to the dean,

Julie Jarvls. Maggie Brown and
Carolyn Rice completed the
massive job of transferring the
school's mega-mailing list from
xeroxed sheets onto the computer.
In addition, Elizabeth Alley, curator
of the school's outstanding slide col-
lection, has been supervising ar-
chitecture student Emily Townsend
in the organization of the architec-
tural drawings donated to the collec-
tion by former lecturer Orln
Bullock. You may recall that
Bullock donated 15,000 slides, ar-
chitectural drawings, job notes and
photos to the school's slide collec-
tion last fall...

By the way, did someone teli you
about the flood in your office? I
think we saved most of your papers
and books, though I'm afraid it's taps
time for the thirteen years-worth of
back issues of The Well-Dressed
Scholar. Well, at least your plants
finally got some water — ho! ho!

Speaking of mopping up (another
thing, be sure to wear rubber boots
and bring a shovel, some rags and a
pail your first day back)— with the
exception of your office, the entire
campus seems to sparkle these days.

Harry Teabout, who heads the

custodial operation for the Dept. of
Physical Plant, told me that his
cleaning crews have been working
like crazy since the start of break.
Nearly every classroom's floor has
been stripped of its old wax, washed
and waxed anew. Classroom walls
have been washed along with chairs,
desks and waste paper baskets...
Before I forget, the day after

spective Tcrp players and their
coaches and families inviting them to
attend a game or two at Cole...

What else has been happening dur-
ing this slow and easy month of
Jan.? Steve Adams told me that
Stamp Student Union has installed
a new elevator that will give han-
dicapped people access to all four
floors. And Shirley Sisk says that

left for the rigors of Martinique, Pro-
fessor R. sent you a memo about the
Jan. 28 game with James Madison.
He still plans to go (the note was a
flood victim, however, the high
water mark being level with your in-
tray). Linda Van Wageoen, Coach
Wade's secretary, says that her of-
fice is at full tilt right now. She's
been busy getting letters out to pro-

the College of Journalism's new

computer lab was set up. I had a call
from Elizabeth Stecher in Campus
Activities and her office has been
working on several projects: a Black
History Month Calendar and the
upcoming Black Student Leader-
ship Conference...

Anyway, welcome back — you
didn't get a sump pump for
Christmas by any chance, did you? ■

January 26, 1987

Grad Student

Joins Athletic Council

Graduate student Amy L. Doonan has
been named to serve on the UMCP
Athletic Council for the 1986/1987
academic year. The Council has four
com m i t tees — Executive,
Budget/Facilities, Academic, and

Health and Social Aspects of Student
Athletes. The Council is chaired by
Betty Smith, professor and chairper-
son of the Department of Textiles
and Consumer Economics. A com-
plete list of the other 20 members of
the Council appeared in the Nov It)
issue of Outlook.

Murtagh on Preservation

William J. Murtagh, visiting professor
in preservation (Arch.), spoke recent-
ly at the fortieth National Preserva-
tion Conference of the National Trust
for Historic Preservation. The
meeting, held in Kansas City, at-
tracted between 1 .SOO and 2,000
preservationists. Murtagh spoke on
"Preservation History: What's Being
Saved Today," with emphasis on the
importance of recognizing the value
of local significance and the
evidences of material culture.

Notes from Annapolis

For the next 90 days, Annapolis is
where the campus' budgetary for-
tunes for the following fiscal year
will be determined. Two parties have
the major roles is settling the out-
come: the Governor and the General
Assembly, and of the two, the
Governor is the most important.

Indeed, the Maryland Governor
has greater influence in budgetary
matters than the governors of nearly
every other state. Two reasons
predominate. First, through the
Department of Budget and Fiscal
Planning he prepares the state
hudget. After receiving the budget ,
the General Assembly can shift
money around and reduce the
hudget. Generally speaking, however,
they cannot increase the amount of
total appropriations.

Second, the Governor wields con-
siderable influence as chairman of the
Board of Public Works. The three-
member board consists of the Gover-
nor, the State Treasurer, and State
Comptroller, The Board approves
money to be spent for land,
buildings, public facilities, and other
fiscal items. Also the Governor has

the traditional power to appoint
Secretaries to head the principal state
agencies, and to appoint mem hers to
a variety of hoards and commissions,
for example, the University Board of
Regents.

The other major actor in Annapolis
is the Maryland General Assembly, a
1 8 H - m c m be r bicameral I eg is I at ure,
consisting of a Senate and House of
Delegates. The state is divided into
47 legislative districts. Except for a
few subdivided districts, each district
elects one senator and three
delegates. For example, the College
Park Campus is located in the 21st
legislative district of Prince George's
County. It is represented by one
state senator— Senator Arthur
Dorman — and three members of the
House of Delegates — Delegates Tim
Maloney. Pauline Menes. and Jim
Rosapepe.

The 198" General Assembly Ses-
sion promises to be particularly
significant It will be the first chance
to see how Governor Schacfer treats
higher education in the state budget
Also, the General Assembly may con-
sider the recommendacioas of the

recently released Governor's Com-
mission on Excellence in Higher
Education, which proposed major
budgetary and statutory changes in
the way the state oversees public
higher education. And finally, any
legislative session always considers a
variety of issues affecting higher
education, ranging from the ad-
ministrative to the academic.

Activities began January 14 at the
State House when the General
Assembly was sworn in. A week later
Governor Schacfer was inaugurated
as Maryland's new chief executive.
Shortly thereafter on January 23. the
Governor submitted to the General
Assembly his proposed state budget,
including recommended appropria-
tions for the University. Committees
from the Senate and House will then
review the budget and make recom-
mendations, which then must be ap-
proved by the full General Assembly.
As the budget makes its way through
to the General Assembly, the
Delegates and Senators are also
reviewing hundreds of proposed
changes to state taw. Last year more
than 2,000 bills were introduced.

Events tend to move slowly at
fust. However, about the time the
I'orsyihia bit mm outside ihc Cover
nor's residence, the legislative pace
quickens. The most difficult political
and budgetary decisions are usually
reserved until then. Cynics call this
hectic period of the session "Jimmy
Dean time" after the over-used adage
that those with weak stomaches
should not watch sausages or laws
being made.

Except for the state budget, which
by law must be enacted seven days
earlier, legislative activity reaches a
crescendo late in the day on April 13
when the General Assembly adjourns
"Sine die" (a Latin parliamentary
term meaning "without (a) day" be-
ing set for meeting again). Bills that
do not make it through the legislative
crush will have to wait until next
year's session. ■

— Brian P. Darmody

(Darmody, an attorney, is a member
of the UMCP Chancellor's staff who
specializes in legislative issues.)

(l-to-f) Joanne Harrar. UMCP director of libraries. Ted Ankeney, store manager, Mary Holland, assistant to the
director of libraries for development, and Carolyn Headlee, assistant manager. Maryland Book Exchange.

From One Friend to Another

The Maryland Book Exchange recent-
ly donated Si. 200 to the Friends of
The University of Maryland Libraries
at College Park The donation was
made during a SOth anniversary
reception for L'MCP staff, faculty and
friends. For each volume of Maryland
by Carl Bode. English professor
emeritus, and Maryland and America.
1 9-tth 1 980 by George H . Cal Icot t .
professor of history, it sold, Maryland
Book Exchange contributed SS to
the gift.

Chief Sides Named
to IACP Committee

Campus police chief Eugene Sides
has been invited to serve on the
Juvenile Justice Committee of the In-
ternational Association of Chiefs of
Police.

Griem Wins Meggers Award
University physics professor Hans R
Griem is the recipient of the 198^
William F. Meggers Award of the < )p-

tical Society of America,

Each year, the OSA recognizes
distinguished achievement in the Meld
of optics through the presentation of
13 awards. The M egge rs award
acknowledges outstanding research in
the field of spectroscopy.

The OSA has honored Griem "for
outstanding contributions to atomic
spectroscopy, especially their applica-
tion to the understanding of the
physics of plasmas." The award con
sists of a silver medal, a citation, and
a Si, ooo honorarium. The award will
be presented to Griem this October
at lite OSA's annual meeting in
Rochester, New York,

Over 9,500 scientists, engineers,
and technicians from the United
States and SO other nations make up
the OSA's membership. Members
come from academia. business, and
government —many are Nobel
laureates. The January issue of Optics
jYetv.s, OSA's monthly magazine, calls
Griem "an internationally recognized

expert in the fields of plasma
physics, spectroscopy, and controlled
fusion. His work on spectral line-
broadening in plasmas remains the
standard on which today's applica-
tions are based."

Griem first came to UMCP as a
research assistant in 19S-H. He has
been a member of the faculty since
1957. Griem is currently Director of
the University's Laboratory for
Plasma and Fusion Energy studies

Zoologist Clark Honored

UMCP zoologist Eugenie Clark was
recently presented the Lowell
Thomas Award by the Explorers

Club in New York City. CBS
newsman Dan Rather, a club
member, and club president Dr. John
M. Lc Vinson, made the presentation.
Clark was one of 12 deep water ex-
plorers honored by the club during
the ceremonies. She is only
the second woman ever to received
the award. A program from the
television scries "Nature Watch"
featuring Clark's work with a marine
park in Egypt has won an award for
the "best ftim on a person working
for nature" at the prestigious
Wildscreen Internationa] Film Eestiva 1
in London.

Ten members of the Robert and Beatrice Youngblood family celebrated the December 23 graduation of
daughter Lisa [left foreground) from the UMCP college of Arts and Humanities. Her mother, Beatrice (right
foreground), was awarded her degree in psychology at the December 20 commencement ceremonies at UM's
University College.

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